[ILUG] apt-get. multiple glib installations. how do i fix?

[Paul Jakma]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005, Danny Browne wrote:

> Using apt-get i to install gtk+ i get the message ( i'm not at my 
> linux box now so it's something like) glib 1.x: Obsoletes: glib2 
> 2.x: but 2.x is to be installed.

output?

> So i have 2 installations of glib.
>
> rpm -qa | grep glib reveals glib-1.x and glib2-2.x,

whats the output of that then?

> so i try to remove glib 1.x with rpm -e, but it tells me there are 
> many other dependant installations. So i tried to rpm -e glib2 2.x 
> and get a similar message.

> How do i fix this/Remove one of the glib packages?

either force removal of one of them (probably glib2) then apt-get -f 
install, or possibly /just/ apt-get dist-upgrade.

regards,
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